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Locality Name:
Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 15124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°8'22"N
Longitude: 80°4'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.139444444444,-80.073333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMeloniteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe25005410489
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2500541011547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe225005410361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2500541027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe25005410169
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2500541024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2500541030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32500541014640
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe225005410207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2250054105800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22500541061156


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_677Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_6772500541Proterozoic Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu15124Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaMacassaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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